what is ME?

Model Entrepreneur®, ME, is a global competition hosted by Columbia Business School's Venture For All® Program, with the goal to encourage young talents to stand out from pure imagination and speak out innovative ideas with business feasibility. Unlike any business competitions, ME participants will be able to receive proper guidance and suggestions on their business models through VFA Clubs across the globe. Participants will also have the opportunity to join official programs at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Caltech, Berklee, and Pratt, to further enhance their entrepreneurship skills.

Physical competition at Shanghai High School International Division (3 rounds) -

registration:

1. Every team comprises of three to four members with one group leader as a single point of contact with ME. Participants can create their own teams consisting of at least 3 members, or ME will assign members based on participants' geographical regions2. Each team member should be a current high school student3. Registration price: 700RMB/person (USD$100/person), scan left to pay via Wechat.

Pay through Paypal here:

Student Full Name:

E-mail:

general guidelines:

General1. Each team can only submit one business proposal2. Every proposal should be original and not publicized before3. Each team should be identified with a team name throughout the competition4. Participants found to have committed copyright infringement will be disqualified immediately, there are no exceptions

ThemesEach team should come up with an innovative product or service to make life better, or solve a current social problem.

CBS VFA's online course:

To join the on-line courses lectured by Columbia Business School's Venture For All® Professors (with a digital certificate of completion issued by Columbia Business School), please sign up here:

ME Participants

Once payment has been received, we will send you your Columbia Business School's ID. You can then log into the website and start taking the course.

deliverables:

Submission for First/Second deadline (business proposal)- Deadlines: - All documents should be submitted in English, and in PDF- Please submit to: me@ivyedugrp.org with e-mail title: BP for ME17_xxxx (team name)

Content of BP1. Cover page - Team member names- Team name

2. Business plana. how did your team come up with this idea?b. describe the current problem or opportunityc. describe your proposed solutiond. who experiences your problem the most, or needs your products?e. value proposition

Submission for final presentation/video- Deadline: - All documents should be submitted in English, and in PDF- Please submit to: me@ivyedugrp.org with e-mail title: Final PPT for ME17_xxxx (team name)- Download final presentation example here- Download financial example here

Round II – 18 teams (5 minutes presentation and 3 minutes of Q&A)NO video, use slides! Slides #1-5 plus…Slide 6: what’s the market size, and how do you come up with that number?Slide 7: do you have any competitions, please elaborate.Slide 8: where are your customers? How will you reach them?Slide 9: present your product or service (be creative).

Round III – 8 teams (10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes of Q&A) Slides #1-8 plus…Slide 10: how much money would you need to start?Slide 11: why is this the right team to do this venture?Slide 12: next steps…

All scoring will be final and the winning teams will be announced on the same day.

prizes:

Winning teams will be able to choose to attend any of IEG's official Programs (with certificate of completion and recommendation letter [except Harvard], each team member could choose to attend a different Program).

IEG will provide scholarship for Program fees under the following structure (does not include air fare, visa fees, or any personal expenses); programs might not be available during the same year:

1st place – USD $3,000 per person for IEG Programs2nd place – USD $2,500 per person for IEG Programs 3rd place – USD $2,000 per person for IEG Programs4th place – USD $1,800 per person for IEG Programs5th place – USD $1,500 per person for IEG Programs6th-12th place – USD $1,000 per person for IEG Programs